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Open Food Facts – A free food products database

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Re: Open Food Facts – A free food products database

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Post by detaro »

yoasif_ wrote: post #48

Great idea -- as a user of Musicbrainz, it's right up my alley. I went ahead and made some updates to a nutella http://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/009800895007 page, and it works as I'd expect. The Android app has problems, though. 1. The barcode scanner doesn't work, at least on the product I mentioned above. I tried it with the Barcode Scanner app, and it works fine there. 2. No barcode search. Since I used the…

Interestingly enough, there is at least also a "nutella" (not capitalized) for Nutella bought in Germany: http://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/4008400401621/nutella...

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Post by alex_duf »

thomasfoster96 wrote: post #70

Really nice - especially seeing as a lot of things I'd actually find in a supermarket are there. Is there any way to get a database dump of some sort? I managed to find a Open Food Facts API on Github, but I'd imagine it might be better to be able to export data so I'm not chewing up resources on Open Food Facts' server.

I found it here : http://world.openfoodfacts.org/data

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Post by stickydink »

stephanebiz wrote: post #31
desdiv wrote: post #9

Would it be possible to display the data on a "per package" basis instead of the usual "per 100 g" or "per serving" basis? I'm not a stupid person, but I still can't for the life of me figure out why the food industry deemed it necessary to invent a psudo-unit, "the serving", that differs depending on what food you're eating and what brand of that food you're eating.

It's definitely possible. There's a game that uses the Open Food Facts data and asks you to guess how much sugar there is in a product (the whole package). It also uses the same physics engine as Angry Birds (box2d) to make sugar cubes fall: http://howmuchsugar.in/

Tried it for a few rounds. I think if you've reached a point where you're adding up the nutritional value of food you consumed as a function of bottles of Worcestershire sauce, you have bigger problems to resolve.

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Post by SoloX5 »

simonecasc wrote: post #20
cl42 wrote: post #8

This is fantastic. One "future vision" if I may -- actually tracking, sharing, recommending, etc. nutrition research. I think one of the most painful things for everyone interested in nutrition is actually knowing what the research says about what they need to eat, when, how, etc. "Future vision squared" would be to personalize nutrition recommendations / advice to each person, but I'm dreaming.

for nutrition research I think http://examine.com is a pretty good resource

That's us! Thanks for the kind words :)

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Post by gagzilla »

odiroot wrote: post #64
kyzh wrote: post #30

Today I learned that you can graph data from the website. It's a great way to see how one can make better decisions with open food facts http://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?action=process&...

Whoa, it's really worrying how much sugar is in all these products. And this is even without all the starches I guess -- considering a lot of rye products are still on the left side.

Wow. Mountain Dew stands out with 77g of sugar per 100g in the soda category.

http://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?action=process&...

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Post by devinplatt »

gagzilla wrote: post #78
odiroot wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whoa, it's really worrying how much sugar is in all these products. And this is even without all the starches I guess -- considering a lot of rye products are still on the left side.

Wow. Mountain Dew stands out with 77g of sugar per 100g in the soda category. http://world.openfoodfacts.org/cgi/search.pl?action=process&...

That's a mistake. It's 77g sugar for 20 fl oz (which is a lot more than 100 ml) http://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/01213104

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Post by knodi123 »

stevewilhelm wrote: post #25
desdiv wrote: post #9

Would it be possible to display the data on a "per package" basis instead of the usual "per 100 g" or "per serving" basis? I'm not a stupid person, but I still can't for the life of me figure out why the food industry deemed it necessary to invent a psudo-unit, "the serving", that differs depending on what food you're eating and what brand of that food you're eating.

FDA calculated the reference amounts for persons 4 years of age or older to reflect the amount of food customarily consumed per eating occasion by persons in this population group. These reference amounts are based on data set forth in appropriate national food consumption surveys. [1] http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrs...

right, and the standard user of orange tic tacs only eats one per occasion.
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